Road guard



June 18, 1940. c. c. AHLES 2,204,559

1 ROAD GUARD Original Filed Jui 8, 1955 FEB. 1.

fm w; 6294 C 4/7155 zazw Patented June 18, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ROAD GUARD Carl 0. Ahles, Albany, N. Y.

Original application July 8, 1935, Serial No. 30,374. Divided and this application July 20, 1939, Serial No. 285,633

2 Claims. (Cl. 256-431) The present invention, which is a division of by the post, through the medium of bolts 83, in my application, Serial No. 30,374, filed July 8. alinement therewith and so that the loops extend 1935, relates to road guards. For a complete untherefrom. A series of wire ropes A extend transderstanding of the invention, reference is made versely past the post 8| and are fastened to the to the following description, the accompanyin outside of those of the loops that extend away drawing and the appended claims. from the post, such fastening being effected by The present invention relates to highway means of hook-bolts 84. A stay-bolt 8B is illusguards of the general type disclosed in my above trated in dotted lines, since in some instances it identified application, the particular feature of may be best to pass such a stay-bolt transversely [0 this divisional application being directed to imthroughthe various loops formed by the piece 82. m

provements in the mounting for the flexible guard I claim: elements. For a complete disclosure, reference 1. A guard rail including the combination of a is made to the accompanying drawing, in which: post, a piece of flat spring metal formed into a Figure 1 is a front elevation illustrative of a series of successively reversed loops, said piece 15 guard rail embodying the present invention; and being mounted by said post in allnement there- 15 Figure 2 is a detail on line II--II of Figure 1. with and so that said loops extend therefrom, and

Referring more particularly to the drawing, a series of strands extending transversely past the guard rail of the present invention comprises said post and fastened to the outsides of those of a plurality of flexible elements, such as indicated said loops that extend away from said post.

20 at A which in the case illustrated may be regarded 2. A guard rail including the combination of a 20 as wire ropes, strands or cables. These cables post, a piece of flat spring metal formed into a extend past a series of posts 8| suitably anchored series of successively reversed loops, said piece in the ground. The particular feature of the i being mounted by said post in alinement therepresent invention relates to a novel form of with and so that said loops extend therefrom, mounting for the flexible elements A best shown and a flexible vehicle guard member and means 25 in Figure 2. for securing the same to those loops which ex- Referring to Figure 2, the post carries a piece tend .away from said post.

of flat spring metal 82 formed into a'series of suc- CARL C. AHLES.

cessively reversed loops, this piece being mounted 

